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Have you got the 'app'?(Perspective ...)
Proving that innovation is alive and well and found at the tip of your fingers, two powerhouses in the personal digital information war are currently duking it out for superiority in the market plac . . .

Accelerated Weathering Test Methods examined in August Virtual Learning Conference.(Association News)(Conference news)
A coating's durability is a very important aspect of its sustain- ability. Accelerated expo sure testing is an essential part of estimating that durability. An upcoming NPCA/FSCT Virtual Learning Co . . .

NPCA/FSCT events.(Calendar)
For information on NPCA/FSCT events, contact 610.940.0777, education@Visit www.coatingstech.org and www.paint.org August 2009 20 VLC: Weathering Test Methods Instructor: Stuart Croll North D . . .

NPCA/FSCT files Amicus Brief in seminal asbestos case before Texas Court of Appeals.(Association News)
NPCA/FSCT has filed an Amicus Brief in the Texas (Second District) Court of Appeals in the case of Smith v. Bondex, arguing for proper parameters for proof of exposure in asbestos cases and toxic to . . .

Third International Coating Wood ACSeries Conference explores critical performance and sustainability issues.(Association News)(
The Third International Coating Wood and Wood Composites Conference will be held on September 22-23, 2009, at the Marriott Charlotte Executive Park, in Charlotte, NC. Offered as part of the continui . . .

U.S. President Obama calls for rollback of rules governing federal preemption of state laws.(Regulatory/Legislative Update)
President Barack Obama on May 20 issued a memorandum calling for a rollback of Bush administration regulations designed to protect companies from product-liability lawsuits in state courts. While . . .

Car Allowance Rebate System legislation signed; designed to benefit U.S. automotive industry.(Regulatory/Legislative Update)
On June 24, President Obama signed the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). Formerly called the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act, the law is designed to help get the American automobile in . . .

Paint and Allied Products Manufacturing Area Source rulemaking.(Regulatory/Legislative Update)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on June 16, 2009, a proposed rule that would require paint, ink, and adhesive manufacturing facilities to install particulate controls and in . . .

St. Simons Island hosts SSCT Annual Meeting.(Society News)(Conference news)
The 73rd Annual Meeting and Technology Conference of the Southern Society for Coatings Technology was held at The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort in St. Simons Island, GA, on March 15-18, 2009 . . .

Worldwide demand for dyes and organic pigments to increase 3.5% per year through 2013.(Business & Industry)
The worldwide demand volume for dyes and organic pigments is fore cast to increase 3.5% per year to 2.3 million metric tons in 2013, states The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland- based consulting firm, i . . .

Aerosol coatings segment anticipates growth; innovations seen in formulation and delivery systems.(Business & Industry)
Aerosol coatings, categorized as special purpose paints, find use in both consumer and industrial applications. Despite the economic downturn, certain end use segments are experiencing gains. Althou . . .

Price adjustments.(Business & Industry)
Price Adjustments BASF, Pittsfield, NH Products: 1,4 BDO, THE, PolyTHF[R], GBL, NMP Increase: $0.03/lb off-list prices in U.S., Canada, and Mexico Products: NEOL[R] neopentyl . . .

Coating consumption in 2009 to be down 2% from 2008.(Business & Industry)
Global coating consumption in 2009 is projected to total 60 billion pounds (as supplied) for a total value of $87 billion, according to the new study, Global Paint & Coatings, from New Jersey-based . . .

Revamped Celanese website features 'Ask a Chemist'.(Business & Industry)
Celanese Emulsion Polymers, Dallas, TX, has redesigned its website. A highlight of the new site is the new "Ask a Chemist" feature that enables customers to pose questions to Celanese technical staf . . .

NACE International sees spike in training demand.(Business & Industry)
NACE International, Houston, TX, has seen significant increases in training demand and membership as "government and private-sect or demand for resolving issues related to corrosion swelled during t . . .

Dow Chemical forms new business unit following acquisition of Rohm and Haas.(Business & Industry)
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Ml, has formed a new business unit focused on the coatings market--Dow Coating Materials. Following the company's acquisition of Rohm and Haas, Dow Coating Mater . . .

Dunleary, Inc., Baltimore, MD.(Distributor News)
Dunleary, Inc., Baltimore, MD, has partnered with EKA, a division of AkzoNobel, to distribute EKA's Bindzil colloidal silica products throughout Dunleary's 10-state geographic region in the Mid-Atla . . .

Reichhold, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.(Distributor News)
Reichhold, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, has expanded its distribution network in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Colorado) with the addition of TCR Industrie . . .

Coatings xperience: a different view of natural.
Natural has become an important word these days as emphasis on green technologies and sustainability increases throughout the coatings value chain. "Natural" in this context refers to the source of . . .

Advanced radiachromic radiometry for UV-curing processes.
This study examines the use of instrument-resolved radiachromic radiometry to solve some of the difficulties presented by traditional radiometry in 3-D processing, roll-to-roll printing and coating, . . .

Development and deployment of a high throughput exterior durability program for architectural paint coatings.(Technology Today)
This article describes a new high throughput system for evaluating the exterior durability of architectural coatings undergoing natural weathering. The motivation for the design and deployment of th . . .

Emerging markets: Russia, Central and Eastern Europe: a return to growth anticipated following economic recovery.(Market Update)
Regional sectors of the paint and coatings market have all been affected by the global recession. Even areas classified as emerging markets where double-digit growth rates were the norm have seen de . . .

The U.S. paint and coatings industry: addressing climate change proactively.
This article reviews the latest efforts of the U.S. paint and coatings industry to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at both the state and national level. It demonstrates the industry's strides . . .

Innovation and optimization drive pigment producers.
With their paint customers suffering significantly decreased demand in most key downstream markets, pigment manufacturers face the challenge of helping formulators gain whatever competitive advantag . . .

ABRAFATI 2009 conference looks to the future.(Meetings Update)(Conference news)
ABRAFATI 2009, which is focused on the coatings industry in Latin America, will be held September 23-25, 2009, at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event will feature the 11th I . . .

Plastics additives conference set for October in Germany.(Meetings Update)
iSmithers, Shropshire, UK, will host the 15th annual Addcon Conference on October 21-22 at the Cologne Marriott Hotel in Cologne, Germany. The conference covers plastics additives, performance, pr . . .

ASTM course on corrosion testing scheduled for the fall.(Meetings Update)
A two-day training course on "Corrosion Testing: Application and Use of Salt Fog, Humidity, Cyclic, and Gas Tests" will be offered by ASTM International on September 29-30 at the ASTM International . . .

COATING EAST 2009 slated for late September.(Meetings Update)
COATING EAST 2009 will be held September 30-October 1 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, TN. This two-day event, which focuses on end users of industrial finishing products, will feature techni . . .

Calendar.(Calendar)
August 2009 3-7 32nd Annual Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology Short Course Hotel Belvedere Davos, Switzerland ph: 301.405.1074 davoscourse@gmail.com www.davoscours . . .

Coatings tech web guide.
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UV LED spray gun.(New Products)
Developed in partnership with Belgian company EREA, AkzoNobel has introduced an automotive spray gun that can paint and cure at the same time. The hand-held device has energy-efficient UV LEDs (ultr . . .

Black pigment for indirect food contact.(New Products)
The Shepherd Color Company has developed Black 20F944 (known commercially as C.I. Pigment Black 26), a new chromium-free, high-temperature, high-performance pigment that has been approved for indire . . .

Viscometer training videos.(New Products)
Brookfield Engineering has introduced a new series of free online training videos that demonstrate the basic operations required to set up and run a standard Brookfield viscometer. These videos are . . .

Carboxylated polyester resin.(New Products)
Cytec Industries Inc. has developed CRYLCOAT[R] E04155, a carboxylated polyester resin for use with hydroxylakyl amide crosslinkers such as Primid XL-552 in the production of powder coatings. It is . . .

Printing Ink pigments and granules.(New Products)
Silberline has expanded two of its product ranges sold in the Graphic Arts and Printing Ink marketplace. A new range of Aquavex[R] AD aluminum pigment granules for water-based metallic inks has been . . .

Nonionic associative thickener.(New Products)
Cognis has added a new product to its DSX 3000 series of patented nonionic associative thickeners for environmentally friendly water-based coatings DSX 3291 is VOC free and up to five times more eff . . .

Touch-up coating pen.(New Products)
Raabe Company, LLC, provides a black or white touch-up coating pen for applying a small amount of coating to cover nicks, scratches, Faraday Cage, light spots, shipping and installation flaws, and o . . .

Color application for iPhone.(New Products)
Sherwin-Williams has introduced the ColorSnap application for the Apple iPhone. ColorSnap is a free color-matching application that allows users to quickly capture hues from their surroundings and m . . .

Polyurea formulations.(New Products)
Chemline Incorporated has added new polyurea formulations to its Chemthane[TM] line of spray-applied, fast-cure hard coatings for sculptured, architectural, and flotation foam applications. The new . . .

YLC 2009 schedule.
YLC 2009 Schedule AUGUST 20 Weathering Test Methods Stuart Croll NDSU SEPTEMBER 10 Corrosion Fundamentals Graham Howarth Arnette Limited OCTOBER 1 Chemi . . .

Alternative metal pretreatments.(Coatings Clinic)
In an earlier article (JCT CoatingsTech, April 2008), I discussed metal pretreatments (or conversion coatings), mainly metal phosphates. Zinc phosphates (usually with chromate rinses) and iron phosp . . .

NPCA/FSCT pushes for nationally coordinated post-consumer paint solution as 'Extended Producer Responsibility' measures emerge.(
In the face of several states pressing for "Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR), framework legislation that will impact paint as well as other consumer products, NPCA/FSCT is still advocating le . . .

NPCA/FSCT launches first CoatingsWiki.(Association News)
NPCA/FSCT has announced the launch of the coatings industry's first wiki. CoatingsWiki, accessible at www.coatingstech.org/wiki, is patterned after the popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. The NP . . .

Third International Coating Wood ACSeries Conference explores 'Durable and Sustainable' solutions.(Association News)(Calendar)
A critical requirement in the development of coatings for wood substrates is to provide products with enhanced performance capabilities that are cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Seeking . . .

NPCA/FSCT events.(Conference news)(Calendar)
June 2009 23 ACSeries: Plastic Substrates' Coatings Conference at NPE/2009 McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, IL September 2009 22-23 ACSeries: Third International Wood and Wood Compos . . .

JCTR report shows strong increases in submissions/circulation.(Association News)
A recent report compiled by Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, shows strong gains in industry support for the Journal of Coatings Technology and Research (JCTR). This peer-reviewed technical jo . . .

Articles featured in June 2009 issue of Journal of Coatings Technology and Research.(Association News)
Anticorrosive Coatings: A Review--P.A. Sorensen, S. Kiil, K. Dam-Johansen, and C.E. Weinell UV-Cured Coatings Based on Waterborne Resins and Si[O.sub.2] Nanoparticles--A. Di Gianni, R. Bongiovanni . . .

Supreme Court limits liability in Superfund cases.(Regulatory/Legislative Update)
On May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed for the first time the circumstances under which it is appropriate for lower courts to apportion liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, . . .

EPA reinstates full TRI reporting requirements.(Regulatory/Legislative Update)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 21 signed a final rule to reinstate stricter reporting requirements for industrial and federal facilities that release toxic substances that t . . .

Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act introduced in U.S. House of Representatives.(Regulatory Update)
The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act (CARS) has been introduced in the U.S. I louse of Representatives. The legislation (H.R. 1550, Sutton, OH) is intended to encourage Americans to start . . .